Chester Train Shop Punter Choo Choo Chooses 15 Winners And Bags Over £20k

A man in his mid forties has scooped a massive payout after he breezed into the William Hill shop at Chester train station and placed a £3, 15 team football accumulator. The man, who spoke with a Southern accent, told the girl working behind the counter that he was off on holiday on Easter Sunday with some of his winnings leaving it unknown as to whether he lived in Chester or just visiting the city for the day.

From his £3 stake, the lucky punter bagged himself £20,343.96, beating odds of over 6780/1 to land his massive payout.

“It is hard enough to pick one winner so for him to get 15 is absolutely incredible,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly. “When he collected his winnings on Saturday evening, he told the assistant that he had decided that he was going to go on holiday for a week and mull over what else he was going to spend his winnings on.”

The games that were played over Good Friday and the following Saturday included Celtic who won the SPL title by defeating Kilmarnock 6-0, Chelsea who defeated Wigan with two contentious goals and virtually the last kick of the game and Reading, who moved top of the Championship by beating 10 man Leeds with two goals in the last six minutes of the match.

The shop in the train station has been open for two years and is the first betting shop in Chester that punters get to when they arrive for the yearly race meetings that start in May.

Punter’s winning selections (winners in bold): £20,343.96 winnings from £3

9/5 Huddersfield vs Sheffield Wednesday
1/1 Oldham vs Charlton
4/7 Torquay vs Accrington
5/6 Morecambe vs Swindon
8/15 Sheffield United vs Bournemouth
10/11 Walsall vs Chesterfield
4/11 Rangers vs St Mirren
4/6 Alloa vs Elgin
2/7 Chelsea vs Wigan
7/5 Leyton Orient vs Notts County
4/9 Kilmarnock vs Celtic
4/5 Barnsley vs West Ham
10/11 Macclesfield vs Shrewsbury
13/8 Swansea vs Newcastle
4/7 Reading vs Leeds

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

Twitter: @footy_joe

T: 0208 918 3746
M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

William Hill Press Office; Greenside House; 50 Station Road; Wood Green; London; N22 7TP

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Bromley Man Strikes It Lucky For Second Time!

A Kent man in his fifties was celebrating for the second time in less than a year after beating odds of almost 2000/1 to scoop a massive £38,033.24 from his local William Hill shop in Bromley. It was not the first time that this customer has won big in recent times, having had a 12 fold accumulator late last year that paid out £27,000.

This time around the punter, who wishes to remain anonymous, selected 15 sides from various leagues and competitions around Europe in a £20 football accumulator. Among his selections were sides from the Europa and Champions League, the Dutch second division and the Polish Premier League. Despite having a seemingly varied knowledge of football on the continent, Arsenal (8/15 to defeat Newcastle), Chelsea (to defeat Napoli at 4/6) and Manchester City (2/9 to defeat Sporting Lisbon) were all in his coupon.

“Usually I would have said that this was a once in a lifetime bet but this guy has knocked us for six twice in a year, he is the new guru,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

“Other customers are asking us what he is betting on so they can follow him,” said staff in the shop.

Winning Selections:

Udinese to beat AZ Alkmaar 5/6

Chelsea to beat Napoli 4/6

Hannover to beat Standard 8/13

Wrexham to beat Ebbsfleet 8/13

Inter to beat Marseille 10/11

Polonia to beat Jagiellonia 1/2

Trabzonspor to beat Sivasspor 8/11

St Pauli to beat Karlsruhe 1/3

Bastia to beat Lens 11/8

Combuur Leeuwarden to beat AGOVV 1/4

Velez to beat Olimpio Bahia Blanca 4/9

Arsenal to beat Newcastle 8/15

Bayern Munich to beat Basel 1/5

Man City to beat Sporting Lisbon 2/9

Kharkiv to beat Olimpiakos 11/4

Further Information…Joe Crilly…07850 518 164

Twitter: @footy_joe

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Nothing Fishy About Grimsby Punter’s £100k Win

A Grimsby based Manchester United fan was celebrating this weekend – and not just because his side managed to maintain their 100% record in the Premier League but because he won over £100,000 from an £8 bet with William Hill. The mystery man, who wishes to remain anonymous, selected 12 sides to win on his football accumulator and all duly obliged. The 37 year old punter who regularly has an accumulator at the weekend, had never hit the jackpot until Saturday and scooped £101,647.97 when Leeds, Crawley, Hearts, Tranmere, Hull, Peterborough, Sheffield Wednesday, Morecambe, Shrewsbury, Macclesfield, Gillingham and Sheffield Utd all won.

“It is incredibly difficult to pick even one winner, so to have 12 sides all come in is quite a feat and one that was priced at over 12,700/1,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly. “With a haul of over £100,000, he could spend the rest of the season following United home and away.”

Winning bet:

£8 12 fold

7/10 Leeds
4/6 Crawley
3/4 Hearts
21/20 Tranmere
5/4 Hull
11/10 Peterborough
6/4 Sheffield Wednesday
9/4 Morecambe
17/10 Shrewsbury
8/5 Macclesfield
6/5 Gillingham
5/6 Sheffield United

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

T: 0208 918 3746
M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

William Hill Press Office; Greenside House; 50 Station Road; Wood Green; London; N22 7TP

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Lucky Punter Dishes Up 93,957/1 Winner

One lucky Hills punter in Ashton-under-Lyme made the most of the end of the football season, by scoring a 93,957/1 winning football accumulator. His 22 team selection contained no games from the UK but included matches from France, Ireland, Italy and Norway. The mystery man, a regular customer in his fifties, believed to work in the restaurant trade, placed a 25p accumulator which returned £23,489.32.

“The English football season may now be over, but Hills are offering a number of markets from leagues around the world all summer, something which this lucky punter duly took advantage of,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

The winning coupon saw wins for Inter Milan in the Italian Cup final as well as victories for French champions Lille and Germany’s friendly victory over Uruguay.

See the winning selections below (winners are in bold):

Lille vs Rennes (8/11)
Shamrock Rovers vs Bohemians (4/5)
Nancy vs Lens (4/11)
Derry vs Galway (2/7)
Valenciennes vs Nice (10/11)
Sligo Rovers vs Dundalk (4/5)
Arles vs Sochaux (4/5)
Inter Milan vs Palermo (4/6)
Germany vs Uruguay (8/13)
Helsingborg vs Trelleborg (8/13)
Elfsborg vs Brommapojkarna (4/6)
Wexford vs Shelbourne (4/9)
Monaghan vs Finn Harps (1/3)
Bordeaux vs Montpellier (5/6)
Athlone vs Salthill Devon (8/13)
Aalesund vs Viking (11/10)
Atvidaberg vs Osters (4/7)
Neuchatel Xamax vs Sion (8/11)
Obrero vs Gais (4/6)
Ried vs Austria Lustenauj (23/20)
Halmstad vs Malmo (11/10)
HJK Helsinki vs JJK (4/7)

Further Information:

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

T: 0208 918 3746
M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

William Hill Press Office; Greenside House; 50 Station Road; Wood Green; London; N22 7TP

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

T: 0208 918 3746
M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

William Hill Press Office; Greenside House; 50 Station Road; Wood Green; London; N22 7TP

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Mystery Man Defies Odds Of 25,000/1 To Scoop Early Christmas Present

A William Hill punter from Swindon has scooped a massive £26,993.96 from just £1. The mystery punter placed an unlikely 20-fold football accumulator online and included teams from all over Europe in his selections. 19 of the games were winners whilst the other game was a postponed game between Lech Poznan and Widzew Lodz.

The punter has overcome odds of over 25000/1 and has taken Hills to the cleaners. His usual bets are football accumulators from around the world including English, European and South American football.

“Anyone who has done an accumulator will know that it is tough enough predicting five teams to win, let alone 20. We are sure that the winter blues will be banished by this bumper payout,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Details of the bet:

|Club Brugge| |vs| |Westerlo| |Club Brugge| 6/10
|Germinal Beerschot| |vs| |Genk| |Genk| 10/11
|Zulte-Waregem| |vs| |Anderlecht| |Anderlecht| 17/20
|Getafe| |vs| |Mallorca| |Getafe| 1/1
|Catania| |vs| |Juventus| |Juventus| 5/4
|Bellinzona| |vs| |Luzern| |Luzern| 6/5
|Portimonense| |vs| |Sport. Lisbon| |Sport. Lisbon| 11/20
|Espanyol| |vs| |Sporting Gijon| |Espanyol| 8/13
|Fenerbahce| |vs| |Karabukspor| |Fenerbahce| 3/10
|Besiktas| |vs| |Bursaspor| |Besiktas| 10/11
|Sampdoria| |vs| |Bari| |Sampdoria| 8/11
|Malaga| |vs| |Santander| |Malaga| 1/1
|Lech Poznan| |vs| |Widzew Lodz| |Lech Poznan| 4/7
|Kavala| |vs| |Olympiakos| |Olympiakos| 4/7
|VVV Venlo| |vs| |Roda JC| |Roda JC| 21/20
|Leverkusen| |vs| |FC Koln| |Leverkusen| 2/5
|Celta Vigo| |vs| |Las Palmas| |Celta Vigo| 17/20
|Fiorentina| |vs| |Cagliari| |Fiorentina| 10/11
|Sibenik| |vs| |Hajduk Split| |Hajduk Split| 4/5
|Nurnberg| |vs| |Dortmund| |Dortmund| 4/6

Further Information…Joe Crilly…0208 98 164 / 07850 518 164

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